Agitators, Organizers, Activists, Intellectuals Aren't Bound By

I Spoke At The University Of Georgia, And A Whole Contingent Of Tea Party People In Hell's Angels Regalia Came In And Sat In The Front And Scowled At Me While I Gave My Talk. And Afterwards The Head Of The Group Got To The Microphone And Said, I'm Surprised That I Agree With Almost Everything You Said, But I'm Worried That You're A Big Government Guy.

Even There, [barack] Obama's Generals, His Pentagon, They're Telling Him What To Do. And The Force For Gay Rights Is Inevitable. And You Can Say Obama Will Help Us, And Maybe He Will, But Only If We Have Something On The Ground That Will Make Him Help Us. Frankly, The Gay Movement On The Ground Has Been One Of The Great Propulsive Things That Has Made Politicians Do What They Do.

You Will Be Raising These Kids In Your Mind Your Whole Life. And They Will Change You. Your Little Contribution To It - Twenty Years From Now, They'll Be Marching Off Into Other Things And That's Still The Legacy You Leave.

Nixon Probably Was A Nice Guy.

I'm An Optimist In My Heart - I'm A Hopeless Pollyanna Just Like My Mother - But A Pessimist In My Head. I Think That's The Dialectic We All Need To Be In.